Self Identity and Growth

Our identity is not just what we think of ourselves, but it is a social construct that also involves how society…

Prompt Critical Reflection 9: Our Shared Humanity: Thinking Dangerously and Being Vulnerable

Rejecting Societal Norms

In “Hannah Arendt and the Human Duty to Think”, Gunter Gaus interviews Hannah Arendt and discusses how Arendt…

Living in Our Bodies: Connection, Responsibility, Vulnerability

In “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates, he is describing to his son what it is like to live as a “black body” in America and the importance of educating young minds, specifically in this case, his son, on the…

Prompt CR 10: Unfinished Business, Addressing Injustice: The Work of Human Beings

I like to be human…

Curiosity and Conscientization

My identity, sense of meaning, and well-being are interdependent with that of others because we live in a world where we are greatly influenced and impacted by others. A lot of the choices we think we are making on our own, may have subconsciously been influenced by some…

Humanity and Vulnerability

In the short piece of literature entitled “Hannah Arendt and the Human Duty to Think” the author, Gunter Gaus, delves into the live and perspectives of Arendt as a philosopher and how active thinking and critical analysis affects society and humanity in general. Throughout her…

How Society Views Color

Coate’s central message about living in a black body is crucial for him to tell his son because he feels that it is pertinent for his survival in todays day and age in society. He begins by telling his story about the strength and knowledge it took to grow up in the streets of West…

Coates’ central message that he is trying to convey to us is that, living in black skin in our country today is scary for them. One for, they are constantly racially profiled by law enforcement and two, America having a worried past on how African Americans were treated in this country. He explains how living in society as an African American is a…

Becoming Aware

Hannah Arendt emphasizes that it is important for people in the world to engage themselves in active thinking. Most of the thinking humans usually do is passive and ultimately makes us less human, as Arendt might say. She argues that active thinking is, “…a highly engaged form of thinking that…